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Barbershops in Adair County, KY

How Adair County, KY compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.2M
On personal care products and services · $736 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.6
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
19,423
+2.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 barbershops in Adair County. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.6, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Adair County comes to about $5.2M a year: $736 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Adair County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Adair County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 barbershops on map listings, Adair County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Adair County compares

The same measures for Kentucky and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the barbershops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Barbershops in Adair County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureAdair CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.65.15.3
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.6M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a38,60616,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.5%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$736$833$1,005
Median household income$53,553$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Adair County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Adair County

Population, 2025 estimate
19,423+2.9% since 2020
Households
7,136
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
405 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$53,553+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,223
Median home value
$150,800
Jobs located here
4,855
Daytime population
17,036Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for barbershops, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Adair County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY8393.9$3M+4.9%#51 of 1,356
2Scott County, KY8073.1$3.1M+8.2%#75 of 1,356
3Boone County, KY77203.9$2.6M+6.5%#111 of 1,356
4Jessamine County, KY6973.5$2.6M+7.8%#264 of 1,356
5Kenton County, KY68243.6$2.6M+3.9%#279 of 1,356
6Campbell County, KY64143.6$2.6M+2.5%#362 of 1,356
7Shelby County, KY6384.3$2.2M+6.2%#389 of 1,356
8Bullitt County, KY62134.1$2.3M+5.0%#407 of 1,356
9Clark County, KY5353.3$2.5M+2.3%#614 of 1,356
10Madison County, KY53164.3$1.9M+9.4%#628 of 1,356
Adair County, KYNot scored45.6$1.3M+2.9%

Other business types in Adair County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many barbershops are in Adair County, KY?

There are 4 barbershops on map listings in Adair County as of September 2026. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Adair County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Adair County, KY spend on personal care products and services?

About $5.2M a year, or $736 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,136 households in Adair County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Adair County, KY compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Adair County has 5.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.3M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Adair County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Adair County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Adair County at 19,423 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,136 households. Median household income in Adair County is $53,553, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.9%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Adair County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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